Cigar-press



A. REIN.

CIGAR PRESS- (No Model.)-

Patted A n y g b Inventor Attorney N. PETERS. Fhalol-ilhuwher. Wuhinglon. n.a

UNITED STATES.

ATENT Grrrcn.

ADAM REIN, QF HAMILTON, OHIO.

CIGAR-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 340,359, dated April'ZO, 1885.

Application tiled October 28, 1885. Serial No. 180,693. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM BEIN, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to machines for molding cigars, the newly-made cigars being placed in suitable cavities in a twopart mold, the parts of which mold are then pressed together.

In myimproved press [employ well known forms of molds.

The improvement will be readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cigarpress embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the plunger with part broken away to exhibit the interior, one end of the base-piece being also exhibited; Fig.

'3, a transverse section of the press, and Fig.

4 a front elevation of a portion of an ordinary mold.

In the drawings, A indicates the upper and lower leaves of an ordinary cigar-mold of that class consisting of two plates provided with mold-cavities in their contiguous surfaces; B, rabbets at the ends of the two plates of the mold; C, the base of the press, the same consisting of a box-like structure without bottom or top; D, upwardly-projecting housings at the ends ofthe base; E, an inwardly-projecting, upwardly-facing rib upon each housing, adapted to support the upper plate of the cigar-mold, which plate is to be placed in position by being slid inward like a drawer; F, a clamp drawn to the top of the housings by thumb-screws, and serving to-clamp the top plate of the mold firmly in place against the top of therib referred to; G, a vertical reciprocating plunger, fitting within the base of the press and having a flat upper surface; H, a shaft disposed longitudinally within the base and plunger and provided with two eccentrics, one only appearing inthe drawings, engaging yokes within the plunger in such manner that, ,as the shaft is rotated, the plunger is elevated and depressed; J, lever and hand-bar mechanism by which the shaft is retated, the plunger rising when the hand-bar is pulled forward and downward; K, flanges projecting upwardly from each end of the plunger; L, downwardly-facing ribs projecting inwardly from each of said flanges, and adapted to engage over the end rabbetof the lower plate of the cigar-mold; M, panels in the inner faces of the housings adapted to receive the flanges K, so as to permit the inner surfaces of the housings and flanges to be flush; N, horizontal slots through the housings and plunger-flanges, the same serving to enable the operator to reach the ends of the lower plate of the cigar-mold in the act of slippingsuch plate out of the press; 0, vertical guideribs projecting outward from' the plungerl'langes and fitting within slots in the housings; and P, an adjustable gage at the upper rear corner of the plunger.

The upper plate of the cigar-mold is to he slid drawer-like into its place over the ribs E, and firmly secured by the clamp ll. Thelowor plate of the mold is to he slid inward upon the plunger, and under the ribs L, the gage 1.

being so adjusted that when the rear edge of the lower plate of the mold comes against the gage the two plates of the mold will conincide. The hand-bar beingpushedupward and backward the plunger is depressed and the lower plate of the mold is carried downward, thus leaving the mold open, and permitting the lower plate to be readily withdrawn by inserting the fingers through the slots N. The lower plate of the mold maybe filled with cigars and then inserted in the press, and the pressure applied to close the mold by bringing the hand-bar forward and downward. The upper plate of the mold is readily removed by loosening the clamp.

All of the parts of the press with the exception, possibly, of the hand-bar should be made of metal.

The guide-ribs 0 may be neatly fitted to form guides for the sliding motion of the plunger, and the plunger may be fitted loosely at other points of contact with the fixed portion of the structure.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cigar-press, the combination of a base-piece provided with upwardly-projecting fixed supports for the upper plate of a cigarmold, a clamp for securing the upper plate of the cigar-mold firmly to such supports, an upwardly-1110i ug reciprocating plunger adapted to receive the lower plate of a cigar-mold, projections above the plunger adapted for engaging above and pulling downwardly upon the lower plate of a cigar-mold, and mechanism for imparting vertical reciprocations to the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cigar-press, the combination of a base-piece, housings risings from the ends thereof, a clamp at the top of the housings, inwardly-p roj ecting ribs at the housings below the clamp, a plunger sliding vertically within the base-piece, flanges projecting upward at the ends of the plunger, ribs projecting from the flanges, a shaft journaled in the base-piece and provided with cams engaging the plunger, and hand-lever mechanism for rotating the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cigar-press, the combination of a base piece, housings projecting upwardly therefrom. supports for the upper plate of a cigar mold projecting inwardly from the housings, a clamp forsecuring such mold-plate firmly to its support, a plunger sliding vertically within the base-piece, projections upwardly from the plunger adapted to engage above the lower plate of a cigar-mold, an adj ustable gage upon the plunger to regulate the inner position of the lower plate of a cigarmold, and mechanism for reciprocating the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cigar-press, the combination of base 0, housings D, projecting upwardly and fitted to receive the upper plate of a cigar-mold, plunger G, provided with flanges K, fitting within panels in the housings and presenting their inner fa es-flush with the inner faces of the housings, and provided with projections to engage over the lower plate of a cigarmold, and mechanism for reciprocating the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a cigar-press, the combination of base (i, housings D, adapted to receive the upper plate of a cigar-mold, plunger G, finger-slots N, and mechanism for reciprocating the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a cigar-press, the combination of basepiece 0, housings D, adapted to receive the upper plate of acigarmold, plunger G, flanges K,guide'ribs O, engaging slots in the housings, and mechanism for reciprocating the plunger. substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'7. In a cigar-press, the combination of basepiece 0. housings D, ribs E, clamp F, plunger G. flanges K, ribs L, eccentric-shaft H, and hand-lever mechanism J, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

ADAM REIN.

Witnesses:

J. W. SEE, W. A. SEWARD. 

